Sterilization is the process of killing all microorganisms,while disinfection is the process of killing or removing all kinds of pathogenic microorganisms except bacterial spores.Biomaterials involved in cell experime...Sterilization is the process of killing all microorganisms,while disinfection is the process of killing or removing all kinds of pathogenic microorganisms except bacterial spores.Biomaterials involved in cell experiments,animal experiments,and clinical applications need to be in the aseptic state,but their physical and chemical properties as well as biological activities can be affected by sterilization or disinfection.Decellularized matrix(dECM)is the low immunogenicity material obtained by removing cells from tissues,which retains many inherent components in tissues such as proteins and proteoglycans.But there are few studies concerning the effects of sterilization or disinfection on dECM,and the systematic introduction of sterilization or disinfection for dECM is even less.Therefore,this review systematically introduces and analyzes the mechanism,advantages,disadvantages,and applications of various sterilization and disinfection methods,discusses the factors influencing the selection of sterilization and disinfection methods,summarizes the sterilization and disinfection methods for various common dECM,and finally proposes a graphical route for selecting an appropriate sterilization or disinfection method for dECM and a technical route for validating the selected method,so as to provide the reference and basis for choosing more appropriate sterilization or disinfection methods of various dECM.展开更多
On account of the poor biocompatibility of synthetic prosthesis,millions of rhinoplasty recipients have been forced to choose autologous costal cartilage as grafts,which suffer from limited availability,morbidity at t...On account of the poor biocompatibility of synthetic prosthesis,millions of rhinoplasty recipients have been forced to choose autologous costal cartilage as grafts,which suffer from limited availability,morbidity at the donor site and prolonged operation time.Here,as a promising alternative to autologous costal cartilage,we developed a novel xenogeneic costal cartilage and explored its feasibility as a rhinoplasty graft for the first time.Adopting an improved decellularization protocol,in which the ionic detergent was substituted by trypsin,the resulting decellularized graft was confirmed to preserve more structural components and better mechanics,and eliminate cellular components effectively.The in vitro and in vivo compatibility experiments demonstrated that the decellularized graft showed excellent biocompatibility and biosecurity.Additionally,the functionality assessment of rhinoplasty was performed in a rabbit model,and the condition of grafts after implantation was comprehensively evaluated.The optimized graft exhibited better capacity to reduce the degradation rate and maintain the morphology,in comparison to the decellularized costal cartilage prepared by conventional protocol.These findings indicate that this optimized graft derived from decellularized xenogeneic costal cartilage provides a new prospective for future investigations of rhinoplasty prosthesis and has great potential for clinical application.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2017YFA0105802)the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(No.2020YFH0008)the Joint Research Fund Liaoning-Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science(2019JH3/30100022).
文摘Sterilization is the process of killing all microorganisms,while disinfection is the process of killing or removing all kinds of pathogenic microorganisms except bacterial spores.Biomaterials involved in cell experiments,animal experiments,and clinical applications need to be in the aseptic state,but their physical and chemical properties as well as biological activities can be affected by sterilization or disinfection.Decellularized matrix(dECM)is the low immunogenicity material obtained by removing cells from tissues,which retains many inherent components in tissues such as proteins and proteoglycans.But there are few studies concerning the effects of sterilization or disinfection on dECM,and the systematic introduction of sterilization or disinfection for dECM is even less.Therefore,this review systematically introduces and analyzes the mechanism,advantages,disadvantages,and applications of various sterilization and disinfection methods,discusses the factors influencing the selection of sterilization and disinfection methods,summarizes the sterilization and disinfection methods for various common dECM,and finally proposes a graphical route for selecting an appropriate sterilization or disinfection method for dECM and a technical route for validating the selected method,so as to provide the reference and basis for choosing more appropriate sterilization or disinfection methods of various dECM.
基金supported by Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2020YFH0008)National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81771351)+1 种基金Joint Research Fund Liaoning-Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science(2019JH3/30100022)National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFA0105802).
文摘On account of the poor biocompatibility of synthetic prosthesis,millions of rhinoplasty recipients have been forced to choose autologous costal cartilage as grafts,which suffer from limited availability,morbidity at the donor site and prolonged operation time.Here,as a promising alternative to autologous costal cartilage,we developed a novel xenogeneic costal cartilage and explored its feasibility as a rhinoplasty graft for the first time.Adopting an improved decellularization protocol,in which the ionic detergent was substituted by trypsin,the resulting decellularized graft was confirmed to preserve more structural components and better mechanics,and eliminate cellular components effectively.The in vitro and in vivo compatibility experiments demonstrated that the decellularized graft showed excellent biocompatibility and biosecurity.Additionally,the functionality assessment of rhinoplasty was performed in a rabbit model,and the condition of grafts after implantation was comprehensively evaluated.The optimized graft exhibited better capacity to reduce the degradation rate and maintain the morphology,in comparison to the decellularized costal cartilage prepared by conventional protocol.These findings indicate that this optimized graft derived from decellularized xenogeneic costal cartilage provides a new prospective for future investigations of rhinoplasty prosthesis and has great potential for clinical application.